From the West Sacramento NEWS-LEDGER – The Yolo County Food Bank will distribute food to eligible West Sacramento and Clarksburg residents on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Locations include the County building at 500 Jefferson Blvd. from 9-10 a.m.; Trinity Presbyterian Church at 1500 Park Blvd., from 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Yolo Housing Authority at 685 Lighthouse Drive [...]

From the WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – ‘Well done, Char‘ It is my understanding that Char Ghio has retired as the Athletic Director at River City High School. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Sierra Valley Conference and me personally to say “thank you” to Char for [...]

By Andrew Fulks It’s summer, 2012. The slap, slap, slap of Cache Creek drums on the bottom of my boat as I paddle down the North Fork. Bobbing, weaving, head down. Branches have grown since last summer. The North Fork is the first couple miles of the Wilderness run and the vegetation makes for more [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – EDITOR’S NOTE: The News-Ledger recently got to wondering whether West Sacramento ought to take another stab at coming up with its own annual festival to celebrate. So we posted the following question on our Facebook web page, and received the suggestions below: “All right: [...]

From the West Sacramento News-Ledger — AUG 15, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Power went out for around an hour to over 2,000 PG&E customers in West Sacramento on Thursday. The cause? Train versus power line. According to West Sacramento police records, a citizen reported the outage at about 3 p.m. after [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – By Larry Langford, RCHS Football Media Liaison River City High School starts the 2012 football season with a new head coach, a new staff and a new system on Friday, Aug. 24. The team plays Christian Brothers High School at Raider Stadium on the RCHS [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – The Yolo County Fair in Woodland opened its free-admission gates for some events as early as Sunday. But the fair opens officially today, with indoor exhibits open to visitors at 6 p.m. You can get unlimited rides from 6 p.m. to midnight tonight on the [...]

We used to live behind these ponds. When they were drained and graded there were hundreds of shad in them. My understanding is that they ARE linked to the deep water channel directly and serve as an outlet to the channel when rain fall is too high. I could be wrong, but that is what the construction guys told me. I have caught bass, catfish, shad and bluegil […]